So how did I do ?   Not too good , I'm sorry .   I lost ?   It was close.To be honest , you had the lowest price by three cents per hint , but they didn't like your delivery date.Acme promised them almost a full month sooner .   So the price was good ?   Yes , they loved the price , the delivery date was the problem . They just didn't want to cut the delivery date that close.If something went wrong and you didn't deliver , we might not be able to get stock in time for Christmas.If you could have been two or three weeks faster on delivery , they might have gone with you .   So I didn't miss by much then .   No.It was very close and they argued over the bid for a long time . Better luck next time .   I knew the delivery was slow but I figured the price would win it for me .   That's possible , Bill.But the price would have to have been a lot lower , like around fifty cents per unit . 